Module 12 · Lesson 1 of 6
Persian (Farsi) Lesson: Before dark
You will say
Alan chai mikham. Emshab sard-e!
I want tea now. It's cold tonight!
Your host, Armeen
Open "Before dark" with Full Access
- About 5 minutes, 21 short screens.
- Persian in English letters (Finglish): no alphabet to learn first.
- Everyday spoken Persian, the way people talk in Tehran.
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Say "I want tea now. It's cold tonight!" and 3 more lines in Persian
2 new Persian words: Alan, Emshab
Each word has its own page with how it is said and a way to remember it.
Words you bring back in "Before dark": Inja, Ye lahze, Mishe yavashtar begi?
Words from earlier lessons that this one asks you to use again, so they stay.
15 kinds of practice in about 5 minutes
Every lesson mixes hearing, saying, typing and playing, so each phrase is used a few different ways before it is done.
Meet it
New word cards
Meet each new word with its sound, its meaning and a way to remember it.
Listen
Quick listening round
A fast round of short clips to match with their meanings.
Listen and pick
Hear a word or line, then pick what it means.
Say it
Say it out loud
Say the line yourself, then rate how it went.
Type it
Put the letters in order
Rebuild a word from letters that were shuffled.
Type it from memory
Type a word or line you met earlier, with nothing on screen to help.
Type it in Finglish
See the English and type the line in Finglish.
Build it
Pay the exact amount
Count out exactly what you owe.
Listen and build
Hear a line, then tap its words in order.
Fill in the missing words
Complete a line with the words that are missing.
Fill in the fridge note
Complete the note stuck on the fridge.
Think it through
Word puzzles
Short puzzles: compare two lines, fill in a smudged letter or work out what a word is doing.
When do you say this?
Pick the moment a phrase fits.
Real conversations
Reply to the text
Answer a friend's text message.
Answer the voice note
Listen to a voice note, then reply.